Brief introduction to the screen wall of the word "Fu"

The master screen wall belongs to a kind of screen wall, which is used to block the line of sight in traditional Han architecture. The custom of writing the word "Fu" on the screen wall, from north to south, from east to west, is almost spread in all residential areas in China. The most typical is Beijing. Before liberation, quadrangles in four cities in Beijing were everywhere, and most of them had screen walls. Most of the screen walls were written with or engraved with the word "Fu" (some did not write the word "Fu", but also painted auspicious pictures that implied happiness), reflecting the traditional culture of the Han nationality. After liberation, with the rapid development of Beijing's urban construction, high-rise buildings have mushroomed, and quadrangles have been demolished less and less, making it increasingly difficult to find a shadow wall for praying.